NASA has named four astronauts who will go to the moon for the first time in 50 years. Bashny.Net

Astronauts on the moon The last time was 50 years ago. And only 12 people (all Americans) managed to visit the lunar surface for 6 flights. Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon on July 20, 1969.



Interestingly, back in the 70s, they grew up and found numerous fans of conspiracy theories in which the central belief was that Americans had never been on the moon. Like, everything was directed and filmed on our planet, somewhere in the pavilion. And all photos, videos and samples of lunar rocks are a common fake.

Although the fact of the landing of Americans on the moon was not questioned by other countries, or even the USSR (and this is at the height of the Cold War). In addition, the flights themselves were not kept secret, they were observed by astronomers and radio amateurs from all over the planet. The coordinates of the landing sites were confirmed by Soviet astronomers in 1977. However, skeptics of the landings are enough even among the Americans themselves.



And on April 3, the US space agency NASA suddenly announced that they plan to go to the moon again after half a century of downtime. Moreover, the flight within the framework of the Artemis-2 mission is preparing to be carried out either in November next year or in early 2025.

Interestingly, Artemis called the project for a reason. In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was a twin of Apollo. Namely, during the mission “Apollo” was the most famous landing on the moon half a century ago.



It turned out that the last few months lasted a careful selection of future explorers of the moon. As a result, the crew was selected in such a way as not to offend anyone. So to speak, given all the modern trends.

Who's going to fly? For example, there will be a woman on the crew. The honorable mission to become the first astronaut to go to the moon will go to 44-year-old Christina Cook. This lady holds the record for the duration of space flight among women - more than 328 days. So you can be sure that this electrical engineer knows exactly what he is doing. And Christina Cook will definitely not be a burden to the crew.



The presence of 46-year-old test pilot Victor Glover is also noteworthy. He was the first black man to stay on the space station for 6 months. He will be the first African-American to walk on the lunar surface.

Also in the crew will be 47-year-old U.S. Navy pilot Gregory Reed Wiseman, who worked as head of the office of astronauts NASA. He will be in charge of the four. And the team took 47-year-old Canadian pilot Jeremy Hansen, who has not yet been in space.



The first flight is expected to last about 10 days. The main goal is to test the life support systems of the Orion spacecraft. And the next flight will lead to the landing of the crew on the surface of the moon. Although the second flight will be about 12 months after the first. So we'll have to wait.



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